Transient postnatal secretion of androgen hormones is associated with acne and sebaceous gland hypertrophy in early infancy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 199-206

  Kuiri Hänninen, Tanja ^a   Haanpaä̈, Mikko ^b   Turpeinen, Ursula ^b   Ham̈äl̈ainen, Esa ^b   Dunkel, Leo ^c   Sankilampi, Ulla ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND HYPERPLASIA; STEROID RELEASE; STEROID URINE LEVEL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANDROGENS; COHORT STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASES; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84872077097     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-2680     Document Type: Article

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